A LOCAL hospital is looking for a new director to help run it's £500m-a-year operation.

The Royal Free Hospital Trust, which runs the Hampstead hospital and clinics in Barnet and Camden, needs a new non-executive director.

They will be expected to spend at leas two-and-a-half days per month on Trust business and will be paid £6,000-a-year for the job.

Dominic Dodd, trust chairman, said: “We are looking for someone who has recent and relevant board-level finance experience gained in a large and complex organisation either in the private or public sector.

“We would welcome applications from women, people from black and minority ethnic communities and disabled people, who are currently under-represented on the board.”

For more information, or to apply online visit the Appointments Commission website www.appointments.org.uk, or call 0870 240 3802 quoting the reference L100064C for an information pack.

The closing date for applications is November 25 at 12pm and interviews will be held on December 13.